PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frederico Simeone (ranked 24496 p4p, 526 weight class) and Duane McSweeney (ranked 3890 p4p, 409 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Simeone
vs
McSweeney

185 cm
26
195 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

193 cm
26
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frederico Simeone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Duane McSweeney!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simeone lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Simeone slips a jab from McSweeney.
Simeone is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
McSweeney changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Simeone tries to avoid it but McSweeney manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Simeone to the ground. Simeone escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Simeone defending well as McSweeney loads up on a big left hand.
Simeone swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McSweeney on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Simeone checks a low kick from McSweeney.

McSweeney has Simeone up against the cage in a clinch.
McSweeney has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Simeone avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Simeone is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

McSweeney manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McSweeney misses with an attempted mid kick.
Simeone changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

McSweeney closes the distance and pushes Simeone back into the cage.
The referee calls for Simeone to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simeone prevents a takedown attempt there.
Frederico Simeone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duane McSweeney.
McSweeney is trying to break the clinch but Simeone is controlling him.
McSweeney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

McSweeney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McSweeney on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Simeone clinches up with McSweeney and pushes him back against the cage.
McSweeney has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Simeone working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Simeone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Simeone lands a body shot in the clinch.
Simeone throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McSweeneys head.
McSweeney lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Simeone backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Simeone creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simeone lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simeone pushes McSweeney back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Simeone dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short right from Simeone.
McSweeney is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Simeone is defending well.
Simeone slowing the pace effectively.
Simeone lands a hook that snaps the head of McSweeney backwards.
McSweeney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McSweeney is trying to force a seperation but Simeone has the dominant position.
Simeone has McSweeney pressed against the cage.
McSweeney tries to pull guard but Simeone forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

McSweeney pulls guard successfully.
Simeone has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of McSweeney is proving hard to escape from.
Simeone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McSweeney swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simeone is looking to advance position but McSweeney has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Simeone knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McSweeney on the ground.
Simeone is trying to stand up.
Simeone tries to reverse the position but McSweeney maintains control.
Simeone is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
McSweeney throwing strikes here but Simeone is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
McSweeney looking to control but Simeone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McSweeney sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Simeone avoids a series of strikes thrown by McSweeney.
McSweeney unloads with some shots from mount but Simeone bucks and avoids them well.
McSweeney prevents Simeone from getting the reversal.

McSweeney wants to finish this one by submission but Simeone is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from McSweeney.
McSweeney wants to control the pace but Simeone is squirming around nicely.
Simeone tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Frederico Simeone will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

McSweeney throws a combination that misses
and Simeone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

McSweeney moves into the clinch.
McSweeney jumps guard but Simeone turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
McSweeney wants to get back to striking at distance but Simeone won't allow it.

McSweeney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duane McSweeney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Simeone scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McSweeney looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Simeone is fending him off so far but McSweeney persists. Nope, Simeone circles away and we're back to standing.
A counter left hand to the body from Simeone misses its target.
McSweeney throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Simeone's waist but Simeone gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing McSweeney off to one side.
Frederico Simeone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duane McSweeney.
McSweeney motions for Simeone to come forward. McSweeney throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Simeone throws a jab but it's blocked by McSweeney.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Simeone has taken the fight to the clinch.

McSweeney ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. McSweeney no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Simeone is looking to stand up but McSweeney won't let him.
McSweeney thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simeone wants to stand but McSweeney has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Simeone has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Simeone's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Simeone continues to stall.
McSweeney wants to stand but Simeone is controlling the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

McSweeney working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Simeone doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Simeone manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
McSweeney can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Simeone controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

McSweeney moves into the clinch.
McSweeney tries to break free but Simeone pushes him back against the cage.
McSweeney tries to break the clinch but Simeone is controlling the position.
McSweeney is trying to break free.
Simeone working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Simeone lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Frederico Simeone has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Simeone lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McSweeney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Simeone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Simeone keeps control of McSweeney as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Simeone lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McSweeney wants a takedown.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Simeone.
McSweeney is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short left from McSweeney.
Simeone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Simeone.
Simeone lands a body shot in the clinch.
I was talking to Simeone's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McSweeney is breathing heavily.
McSweeney is trying to pull guard but Simeone turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Good body shot from Simeone.
McSweeney struggles to land a body shot inside as Simeone controls his hands.
Simeone stalling against the cage.
McSweeney fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

McSweeney jumps guard and drags Simeone to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McSweeney looking to control.
Simeone wants to stand but McSweeney has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Simeone showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Simeone is fighting to break McSweeney's control of his arms but McSweeney is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frederico Simeone dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Simeone misses the shot to the body.
Frederico Simeone is winning the standup battle so far.
McSweeney shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Simeone defends it nicely.
Simeone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McSweeney.
Simeone was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

McSweeney darts in and clinches Simeone up against the cage.
McSweeney changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Simeone fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Simeone checks a leg kick.

McSweeney rushes Simeone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

McSweeney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McSweeney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Simeone.
Simeone lands with a shot to the body.
Simeone lands a slapping body shot.
McSweeney takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Simeone. That snapped McSweeney's head back.
McSweeney takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McSweeney shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Simeone counters with a nice right hand that sends McSweeney toppling to the canvas! McSweeney scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Simeone finish him?!

McSweeney is rocked!
Frederico Simeone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duane McSweeney.
McSweeney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McSweeney is still on wobbly legs! Can Simeone finish him?
Simeone jabs McSweeney to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Are you kidding me?! Simeone ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent McSweeney clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Frederico Simeone!